According to him, is “a set of agreements that relate to safety, respect for the ceasefire, withdrawal of weapons”.

However, Lavrov added, the timing of the elections will depend on “how well will the contact group to address the issues prescribed in the Minsk agreements”. This applies, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, of the electoral law, which should be agreed with Donetsk and Lugansk. “In the same package should be the decision on the special status of Donbass — in the form of a separate law, and in the form of amendments to the Constitution,” said the RussianMinister, noting that no elections are impossible until the Amnesty.